Abstract: The effects of stratification and bottom topography on the Kuroshio path transitions in a multiple equilibrium regime due to a short-term velocity increase are examined using a two-layer inflow?outflow model with simplified ...

Abstract: The barotropic response of the shelf and coastal regions south of Japan to short-term variations in the Kuroshio was studied numerically with an inflow?outflow model. The onshore?offshore movements of the stream axis of ...

Abstract: Numerical experiments are executed using a two-layer inflow?outflow ocean model with simplified geometry to investigate the effects of stratification and bottom topography on the path variation of the Kuroshio south of ...

Abstract: The formation and circulation processes of intermediate water in the Japan Sea have been investigated by study of the subduction of mixed layer water. To simulate realistic seasonal variations in the velocity and hydrographic ...

Abstract: We studied numerically the frontogenesis of shallow sea fronts such as are observed in the Kii Channel, Japan, during winter, under conditions of sea surface cooling and buoyancy influx from coast and open ocean. Numerical ...

Abstract: A simultaneous assimilation model of drifting buoy and altimetric data is proposed to determine the mean sea surface height (SSH) as well as the temporal evolution of the surface circulation on synoptic scales. To demonstrate ...

Abstract: The tidal exchange between the Okhotsk Sea and the North Pacific Ocean is studied numerically with particular emphasis on the predominant K1 barotropic component. The calculated harmonic constants of the K1 tide in and ...

Abstract: Numerical experiments with a two-dimensional nonhydrostatic model are performed to investigate tidally generated internal waves in the Kuril Straits and their effect on vertical mixing. The results show that sill-scale ...